Effectiveness and user experience of web-based interventions for increasing physical activity in people with multiple sclerosis

Abstract

Review questions/objectives: The overall aim of this comprehensive systematic review is to explore the use of web-based interventions for increasing physical activity levels in people with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS).

The quantitative objectives are to identify:

* The clinical effectiveness of web-based interventions in enabling people with MS to increase their physical activity levels as evaluated by measures of physical activity.

* If (short- or long-term) web-based interventions enable people with MS to achieve the physical activity levels recommended in guidelines for adults with MS.1

* If the use of web-based interventions enables people with MS to maintain recommended levels of physical activity after the intervention has ceased and at short- and long-term follow-up.

The qualitative objectives are to:

* Explore the experiences of people with MS using web-based interventions that aim to improve their physical activity levels.

* Gain further information regarding the enablers and barriers for people with MS in the use of web-based interventions designed to increase physical activity.

* Identify whether, from the perspective of people with MS, web-based interventions help them improve and sustain their physical activity levels over the short- and long-term.

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